European champion Italy needs to “do well” in opposition to England in its first Euro 2024 qualifier as a tribute to late former striker Gianluca Vialli, coach Roberto Mancini stated on Monday.
Vialli, who died in January on the age of 58 following an extended battle with pancreatic most cancers, was Mancini’s finest pal and long-time strike accomplice of their enjoying days at Sampdoria within the Eighties and Nineties.
The former Juventus, Chelsea and Italy striker performed a major position in Italy’s European Championship title-winning marketing campaign in 2021, helping Mancini, regardless of having been recognized in 2017.
“I’ve already talked about it with the players. For us, it will be important to remember him. It’s as if he were with us,” Mancini informed reporters.
“He had his place and it’s not easy for us. We must try to do well also for him,” he added.
The encounter with England on Thursday is the Italian nationwide group’s first match since Vialli’s dying and the gamers will put on a particular shirt with a message devoted to the soccer nice inside it.
Ahead of the match on the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, a “play of light” can also be deliberate in tribute to Vialli, the Italian federation stated.
Italy, which beat England on penalties to win the European Championship in 2020 however didn’t qualify for the World Cup in Qatar, then performs Malta on Sunday.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com